File and record system



H. CL DAUPHINAIS FILE AND RECORD SYSTEM Filed July 6./ 193s INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 16, 1937 PATENT oFFlcE FILE AND RECORD SYSTEM Henry Clement Dauphinais, Valley City, N. Dak. Application July 6, 1933, Serial No. 679,158

l Claim.

My present invention has reference to a file and record system, whereby a merchant, or others, who keep record of stock on hand will have full knowledge of their stock and what articles are withdrawn therefrom at frequent and at sometimes hurried intervals.

My object is the provision of efficient, and, what may be considered, almost instantaneous method and means of checking up articles taken lo from or added to a certain quantity of stock lo-t.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrating a satisfactory form of my invention,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional View taken on the line. D-D thereof.

In carrying out my invention I make use of sticks or strips which may have indicia thereon that indicates the number of articles on hand as displayed on a counter, also the number of such articles easily accessible but not on display, and also the number of such articles in storage. h in the drawing indicates the strips for the articles, not on display and h the strips for the articles in storage. Other sticks indicating the number of articles on display are also employed.

When articles are sold the sticks in the several compartments of the improvement, about to be described, are removed from certain of said compartments and replaced in other compartments, so that the. merchant, upon inspection, can readily note the exact number of the articles sold, the number of the remaining articles in stock, and the stock to be replenished, etc.

Were the indicia bearing sticks or strips arranged in compartments, one directly to the rear of the other, the outer strip would obscure the indicia on the inner strip and would consequently cause delay, annoyance and perhaps inaccuracy in accounting.

As shown by the drawing', my improvement comprises a flat back plate of any desired material. This substantially rectangular plate A, has formed on its outer face a series of receptacles d, whose front Wall B depends therefrom and provides the rear wall for a series of lower receptacles d. The upper series of receptacles d are in bridging relation with respect to the lower series of receptacles d. The receptacles in each series are numberedv to accord with the stock of merchandise represented thereby as for example 0, l, 2, 3, and 4. One series of receptacles indicates a deduct row, that is Vreceptacles indicating articles that have been sold or otherwise removed from the stock and which have not been replenished, while the second series of receptacles may indicate the number of articles which have been added to the stock. The opposite end receptacles are for the indicia bearing sticks which are removed therefrom and, as required, inserted into the numbered, or indicia bearing, receptacles. As the upper and lower series of receptacles are in bridging or staggered relation, the indicia on the several sticks will be clearly observable.

The back A is longer than the front of the device and has apertures adjacent to the ends thereof for tacks or the like for conveniently suspending and supporting the device. y

Having described the invention, I claim:-

In a filing and recording system for maintaining records of stock of vended articles of merchandise and in which tally strips or sticks are removably and interchangeably arranged in holders conveniently located with respect to the stock to be sold, the stock delivered to a customer and the supply of such stock; including a casing having a at back portion whose ends are apertured for receiving supporting elements, receptacles on the front of said back portion for certain of the tally strips or sticks, said receptacles having a depending front wall and lower tally receptacles integrally formed on the outer face of said depending wall and said lower receptacles varying in width and certain of which are disposed to bridge certain of the upper receptacles, and both the upper and lower series of receptacles being in longitudinal alignment.

HENRY CLEMENT DAUPHINAIS'. 

